Tag: Sustainable development
Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2020
13 Apr 20 News60 International agencies urge rapid, coordinated response as pandemic threatens to destabilize poor countries’ finances
Governments must take immediate steps to prevent a poten...
UN calls for $2.5 trillion coronavirus crisis package for developing countries
31 Mar 20 NewsThe consequences of a combined health pandemic and a global recession will be catastrophic for many developing countries and halt their progress towards the Sustainable Development...
An update on the United Nations General Assembly and implications for African Sustainable Development Goals
26 Feb 20 PublicationsThe 74th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (UNGA 74) opened on 17 September 2019, with the General Debate taking place from 24 to 30 September 2019. This was a se...
Achieving the SDGs – where does Africa’s youth fit in?
19 Dec 19 PublicationsThe outcome document of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) recognises young people as a group left behind. The principle of leaving no one behind, a key principle of the SDGs...
Outcomes of COP25
19 Dec 19 BlogThe 25th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) was held in Madrid, Spain from 2nd to 13th December 2019. COP25 was intended to ...
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09 Dec 19 NewsKey AfCFTA meetings begin on Monday in Accra, culminating in the African Trade Ministerial meeting this weekend (Ghana News Agency)
Ghana, under the auspices of its Ministry of Tr...
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20 Nov 19 NewsDiarise: Sustainable development, sustainable debt: finding the right balance (2 December, Dakar). The conference, convened by the Presidency of the Republic of Senegal and the IMF...
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26 Sep 19 NewsDavid Luke, Phil Rourke: Canada, Africa and the inclusive trade agenda (Canadian Foreign Policy Journal)
Canada's inclusive trade agenda has been put forward as part of the ...
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23 Sep 19 NewsFeatured tweet, Yinka Adeyemi: Chiedu Osakwe, Nigeria's chief trade negotiator, who chaired the Africa process that yielded the AfCFTA in Rwanda is dead. Was a global authority on ...
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20 Sep 19 NewsKeynote African trade policy discussions yesterday in Kampala:
(i) African Union Sub-Committee of Directors General of Customs: The entry into force of the Agreement ...
39th SADC Summit: Towards Inclusive, Sustainable Industrial Development
06 Aug 19 NewsLeaders from southern Africa are meeting for their annual summit next week to chart the development agenda of the region.
Running under the theme “A Conducive Environment f...
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23 Jul 19 NewsDiarise: The 7th Annual East Africa International Arbitration Conference 2019 takes place on 29-30 August in Nairobi
Featured African trade policy tweets:
@AfricaMediaHu...
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10 Jul 19 NewsUnderway, in New York: High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
Niamey Summit wrap, reactions
Multi-video: Africa punches below its weight when it comes to inter...
Reflections on Climate Change – from COP24 to…
28 Jun 19 PublicationsThe 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (COP24) took place in Katowice, Poland from 2-14 December 2018. COP24, which marked the th...
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27 May 19 NewsT20 communique for G20 Leaders: extracts from recommendations from Task Force 5 on Cooperation with Africa (pdf)
Agree on a unified approach towards macroeconomic stability ...
West Africa’s ICE focuses on demographic dynamics for sustainable development in the region
13 May 19 NewsThe 22nd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of senior officials and Experts (ICE) for West Africa concluded in Liberia on 10 May 2019. It was held under the theme, Dem...
Services key to revving up economic growth and development
03 May 19 NewsThe services sector accounts for more economic activity than any other and its contribution to gross domestic product, trade and employment is ticking up.
Enhancing the services s...
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18 Apr 19 NewsAfCFTA ratification update: Cameroon assures ECA that it will ratify Africa’s Free Trade Area Agreement
“Cameroon will ratify the AfCFTA,” the country’s Prime Minister, Jo...
Multilateralism: the only safe route for development finance
17 Apr 19 NewsLebanese ambassador who presides over UNCTAD's governing body defends multilateralism during UN development financing forum.
As leaders shun the rules-based international order, t...
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09 Apr 19 NewsFeatured tweet, @EgyptAbaba: Few minutes ago, I officially deposited Egypt AfCFTA ratification instrument. Egypt is 18th depositor of the free trade area and four more to go to ent...